Starring the Computer: AN/FSQ-7 of SAGE air-defense sysstem

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IBM AN/FSQ-7

The AN/FSQ-7 was a key component of the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) system used to track and intercept enemy bombers in the late fifties and sixties. It was the largest computer ever built.

12:01 (1993)

There is a bank of FSQ-7 panels in the room containing the particle accelerator.

Blink, and you miss it.

A Wing and a Prayer (1998)

The ancient air-traffic control computer is composed in part of SAGE panels.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Season 7, Episode 3, "Alien Commies from the Future!" (2020)

SAGE panels appear in the Area 51 military base.

Airplane! (1980)

Air traffic control at Chicago uses recycled equipment from the SAGE system.

The Apocalypse (1997)

The Agamemnon's computer system, that the salvagers repeatedly try to get control over, is comprised of AN/FSQ-7 panels.

Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)

Dr Evil's submarine lair is equipped with panels from the AN/FSQ-7.

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

The IBM appears in Dr Evil's secret volcano lair.

Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)

There are FSQ-7 panels in the Forbidden City's archive.

Battlestar Galactica - Season 1 (1979)

SAGE panels appear as the on-board computer of both the Battlestar Galactica and the Cylon mother-ships.

Beverly Hills Cop 3 (1994)

Parts of the Q7 appear to be controlling the theme park's rides.

The Bionic Woman - Season 2, Episode 5, "Kill Oscar" (1976)

Dr. Franklin's lab has AN/FSQ-7 panels in the background.

The Bionic Woman - Season 2, Episode 9, "The Vega Influence" (1976)

The research lab at the base has a computer made up of AN/FSQ-7 panels.

Bizaardvark - Season 1 (2016)

The Vuuugle computer system consists of FSQ-7 panels.

Brave New World (1980)

A small part of a SAGE panel appears in the background, part of the city's extensive computer system.

Bumblebee (2018)

The Special Operations Centre that is taken over by the Decepticons is equipped with a number of fake Crays and real panels from the FSQ-7.

By Dawn's Early Light (1990)

A panel from the FSQ-7 appears in the Strategic Air Command.

Cannon - Season 2, Episode 8, "The Rip Off" (1972)

Sage panels appear in the railroad freight centre that Stubber is getting intelligence from.

Capricorn One (1977)

FSQ-7 power panels appear in mission control, one being used to control radio communications with Capricorn One.

The Cat From Outer Space (1978)

The army enlist the help of part of an FSQ-7 computer to analyse the cat's spacecraft.

City Beneath the Sea (1971)

The city's control room is dominated by FSQ-7 panels.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

AN/FAQ-7 displays appear amongst the equipment used at Devil's Tower to observe the alien craft.

Columbo - Season 4, "A Deadly State of Mind" (1975)

The hospital in which the murderer works has a computer room equipped with a panel from the FSQ-7.

Computercide (1982)

Michael goes to the library to research the industrialist's background. The library's computer consists of FSQ/7 panels.

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)

The AN/FSQ-7 is used in the city's control buildings.

Damnation Alley (1977)

The FSQ-7 is used in the ICBM silo as WWIII commences.

Earth II (1971)

SAGE panels appear in mission control, Earth II itself, and the shuttle vehicle.

Electra Woman and Dyna Girl - Season 1 (1976)

Panels from the SAGE system act as Franks's powerful computer: the Crime Scope.

Eve of Destruction (1991)

The military base that Eve works at is equipped with the IBM.

The Event - Season 1, Episode 15, "Face Off" (2011)

SAGE panels control the portal that the aliens use to threaten the government and to make their escape.

Every Thing You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)

Panels from the FSQ-7 play the "control centre" in a man's brain.

Fail Safe (2000)

SAGE panels appear as part of the computer systems at Strategic Air Command, a failure of which causes a group of bombers to be instructed to attack.

Fantastic Voyage (1966)

The AN/FSQ-7 is in use in the control room.

Firestarter (1984)

A single panel from the FSQ-7 appears in the laboratory at The Shop.

FlashForward - Season 1, Episode 22, "Future Shock" (2009)

The NLAP supercomputer that controls the FlashForward machine is make of parts including panels from an FSQ-7.

Futureworld (1976)

FSQ-7 panels appear in the Delos Research and Development department controlling, amongst other things, the lights.

Gemini Man (1976)

With his life in serious danger, he is taken to a nuclear laboratory where Dr. Abby Lawrence attempts to save him with the help of an AN/FSQ-7.

Get Smart - Season 4, Episode 19, "Absorb the Greek" (1969)

A SAGE panel makes up part of the dating agency computer.

Get Smart, Again! (1989)

The IBM becomes the weather machine that KAOS use to hold the world to ransom.

The Greatest American Hero - Season 2, Episode 9, "Train of Thought" (1982)

Sage panels appear in the rail control stations and are used to divert the hijacked train.

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

SAGE panels appear in the Clamp building's systems control room.

The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries - Season 2, Episode 22, "Campus Terror" (1978)

Franks gets a list of the university's members from the computer (described as a Rock 9000) and later he recognises the voice of the computer in a phone message from the abductor.

Hawaii Five-O - Season 1, Episode 19, "Once Upon a Time" (1969)

Doctor Fremont uses a machine made with SAGE panels which she claims is able to diagnose any illness. McGarrett later exposes her fraud in court using the machine.

In Like Flint (1967)

Sage panels appear both in ZOWIE headquarters, where the computer appears to be monitoring Russian cosmonauts and later in mission control for the space platform launch.

The Incredible Hulk - Season 1, Episode 1 (1978)

One tiny panel from an FSQ-7 appears on a console in the laboratory.

Independence Day (1996)

The Pentagon's "Space Command" is equipped with a SAGE system.

The Invaders - Season 2, Episode 1, "Condition: Red" (1967)

SAGE panels appear at NORAD as part of the computer system that the aliens are trying to subvert.

The Invaders - Season 2, Episode 8, "Dark Outpost" (1967)

SAGE panels appear in the base as part of the equipment they use to heal aliens suffering from human diseases.

The Invaders - Season 2, Episode 14, "The Believers" (1967)

One of David's compatriots owns a computer company and, with the use of their SAGE computer, they hope to be able to predict the Invaders' movements.

Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973)

Dr Harris uses the IBM as part of her controlled mutation machine, turning the local women into Bee Girls.

It Takes a Thief - Season 1, "Hans Across the Border" (1968)

Some FSQ-7 panels play the part of a code-breaking computer which almost foils the SIA mission when it works faster than expected.

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

There are AN/FSQ-7 panels on the set of the movie.

Judd for the Defense - Season 2, Episode 15, "Epitaph on a Computer Card" (1969)

Harry's credit card company uses computer equipment including SAGE panels.

KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978)

Abner Devereaux, the park's mad-scientist designer has a development lab full of equipment including some FSQ-7 panels.

Kolchak: The Night Stalker - Season 1, Episode 10, "The Energy Eater" (1974)

FSQ-7 panels play the part of electrical power boards in the hospital that explode, killing a worker.

The Land of the Giants - Season 1, Episode 14, "Brainwash" (1969)

The equipment in the cavern includes a number of AN/FSQ-7 panels.

Logan's Run - Season 1, Episode 5, "Man Out of Time" (1977)

The computers at the Sanctuary project that control the time travelling machine and record events after the start of war are made up in part of AN/FSQ-7 panels.

Lost - Season 2 (2005)

The Swan research laboratory is equipped with AN/FSQ-7 panels.

Lost in Space - Season 2, Episode 27, "The Phantom Family" (1967)

Lemnoc's lair features a number of FSQ-7 panels and parts.

Lost In Space - Season 3, Episode 1, "Condemned of Space" (1967)

Various SAGE panels appear on board the prison ship.

Lost in Space - Season 3, Episode 3, "Kidnapped in Space" (1967)

FSQ-7 panels appear on the alien planet.

Lost in Space - Season 3, Episode 6, "Space Destructors" (1967)

SAGE panels appear in the alien cave.

Lost in Space - Season 3, Episode 10, "The Space Creature" (1967)

Sage panels appear in the Jupiter 2's dangerous and usually off-limits power room.

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - Season 4 (1967)

A bank of SAGE panels are used the in UNCLE headquarters mostly, it seems, for communication purposes.

The Manitou (1978)

Harry comes up with a plan to defeat Misquamacus using the Manitou, or spirit, of the hospital's computer system which has AN/FSQ-7 panels.

Open Fire (1994)

The computer that controls the various chemical processes at the plant includes AN/FSQ-7 panels.

Orgazmo (1997)

Joe's co-star and friend Ben has a number of FSQ-7 panels in his home laboratory.

Paper Man (1971)

SAGE panels make up part of the college computer.

Planet Earth (1974)

SAGE panels appear in the opening sequence of the film in the PAX city.

Planet of the Apes - Season 1, Episode 5, "The Legacy" (1974)

IBM AN/FSQ-7 panels appear in the data vault, presumably storing all of mankind's knowledge.

The Power (1968)

The Heat Endurance laboratory is equipped with panels from the FSQ-7.

The President's Analyst (1967)

The computer is used by The Phone Company who plan to install communications devices in the everybody's heads. TPC's plans are foiled when Kropotkin distupts the computer system.

Project X (1968)

Scientists use FSQ-7 panels in a machine that extracts memories out of dead renegade spy's brain.

Return to the Batcave (2003)

The SAGE appears on the 1960s Batman TV series set.

Rock Jocks (2012)

The, now rather aged, asteroid tracking system is a machine build in part with SAGE panels.

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)

A SAGE display scope is used in mission control for the rocket launched to follow the Martian spaceship.

Scarecrow and Mrs King - Season 1, Episode 4, "Magic Bus" (1983)

The vehicle is equipped the various SAGE panels and can be completely computer controlled.

Silver Streak (1976)

When the train becomes a runaway the FBI contact the railway control centre that is equipped with SAGE power panels.

The Six Million Dollar Man - Season 1, Episode 4, "Day of the Robot" (1974)

SAGE panels form the computer that controls the robot.

Sleeper (1973)

The robot repair laboratory is equipped with AN/FSQ-7 panels.

Sliders - Season 3, Episode 3, "Electric Twister Acid Test" (1996)

Panels from the FSQ-7 are part of the computer Franklin used in his tornado research and Maximilian also uses to create conditions for the next slide.

Snowball Express (1972)

The insurance company that Johnny works for uses a panel from the AN/FSQ-7 as their office computer - Johnny breaks it by forcefully "returning his computer cards" before quitting.

Soap - Season 3, Episode 3 (1979)

The IBM is used at the aliens "beaming device" that Saul uses to return Burt and himself to the Earth.

Spaceballs (1987)

The prison on planet Spaceballs in inexplicably equipped with an AN/FSQ-7.

Stowaway to the Moon (1975)

Several panels from the FSQ-7 appear on the spacecraft.

Supergirl - Season 1, Episode 15, "Solitude" (2016)

There are SAGE panels at the nuclear silo.

The Swarm (1978)

The ICBM site that becomes the crew's headquarters is equipped with FSQ-7 equipment.

That's So Raven - Season 1, "Saving Psychic Raven" (2003)

The SAGE is used to measure Raven's psychic abilities.

The Time Machine (1978)

SAGE panels make an appearance in NORAD where they track an out-of-control Soviet satellite.

Time Travelers (1976)

Sage panels make up part of the computer system that controls the time machine.

The Time Tunnel - Season 1 (1967)

Various panels from the FSQ-7 make up part of the computer system that controls the Time Tunnel.

The Towering Inferno (1974)

The FSQ-7 acts as the building's control computer and fire alarm.

U.S. Marshals (1998)

The team inspect video of Sheridan's murders in a computer room equipped with FSQ-7 panels.

Virus (1999)

Panels from the IBM appear on the Russian research vessel.

This is particularly poor - the panels are only visible for a couple of seconds before being blown up.

W.E.I.R.D. World (1995)

Sage panels appear in the laboratories at the W.E.I.R.D. institute.

War Games (1983)

David plays a video of Professor Falken in which he uses some SAGE panels to play games.

Way... Way Out (1966)

SAGE panels appear both on the moon rocket and in the moon base.

Westworld (1973)

The control room at Delos has a panel from the FSQ-7.

Winter Kills (1979)

Part of Pa Kegan's empire includes a computer centre, run by John Cerruti, in which large number of panels (and even a display scope) from the FSQ-7 appear.

Wonderwoman - Season 2, Episode 17, "IRAC Is Missing" (1979)

SAGE panels appear both as the computer in police headquarters (that has been sent haywire by Havitol) and as the main computer system in Havitol's lair.